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VA Geriatric Scholars Program’s Impact on Prescribing Potentially Inappropriate MedicationsPrimary care teams reduced their prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications to older veterans after participation in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Geriatric Scholars Program.
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Pediatric Integrated Delivery System's Experience With Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1)Experience of a pediatric integrated delivery system with the surge from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic is described, emphasizing scale, scope, and flexibility at multiple locations.
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Patient-Centered Medical Homes and Preventive Service UsePreventive service use was better in patients with a usual source of care but little improved by patient-centered medical home status.
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Stopping the Flood: Reducing Harmful Cascades of CareReducing cascades while maintaining our commitment to high-quality care requires equipping patients and clinicians with the information, tools, and support to embrace uncertainty.
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Inefficiencies in Osteoarthritis and Chronic Low Back Pain ManagementThis study identified inefficiencies in drug and medical service utilization related to pain management among Medicare members with osteoarthritis and chronic low back pain.
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Impact of Dementia on Costs of Modifiable Comorbid ConditionsAlzheimer disease and other dementias (ADOD) have a substantial impact on the prevalence and costs of certain comorbid conditions compared with matched beneficiaries without ADOD.
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Are Healthcare Quality "Report Cards" Reaching Consumers? Awareness in the Chronically Ill PopulationUsing longitudinal data, this paper examines to what extent comparative quality information in the form of healthcare "report cards" is reaching chronically ill adults.
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Service Line Care Delivery Model for COVID-19 Patient-Centric CareThe authors provide steps hospitals can take to align their care delivery model to effectively meet the demands of a public health crisis such as the current pandemic.
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Population-Based Return on Investment of Deploying Transient ElastographyDeploying vibration-controlled transient elastography/controlled attenuation parameter devices at the population level is a financially advantageous solution to address the epidemic of fatty liver disease.
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Predicting Hospitalizations for Patients With Chronic Kidney DiseaseThe authors developed an algorithm that uses medical claims to identify patients with chronic kidney disease who are at greatest risk of being hospitalized within 90 days.
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Second-Line Axi-Cel Prolongs Survival Over Standard of Care in Elderly Patients With R/R LBCLThe administration of axicabtagene ciloleucel in the second-line setting improved overall survival and progression-free survival vs standard-of-care treatment in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma who are at least 65 years of age.
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Integrating Primary Care and Public Health for Advance Care PlanningThis article proposes a new model, Public-Primary ACP, that leverages coordination between primary care and public health workforces to improve delivery of advance care planning.
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An Accelerated Hospital Observation Pathway to Reduce Length of Stay for Patients With COVID-19For select patients hospitalized due to COVID-19, an academic urban hospital implemented an observation pathway that incorporated mobile health technology, reducing hospital length of stay by more than 2 days.
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Impact of Expanded Carrier Screening on Health Care UtilizationThis study shows little evidence of harms or increased health care utilization for people receiving negative (normal) results of expanded carrier screening through genome sequencing.
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Cost-effectiveness of Case Management: A Systematic ReviewThis systematic review found that studies of case management interventions have adequate quality and, in many cases, show cost-effective or even cost-saving results.
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Post-SNF Outcomes and Cost Comparison: Medicare Advantage vs Traditional MedicarePatients enrolled in Medicare Advantage had better outcomes and lower cost following skilled nursing facility (SNF) discharge than patients enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare.
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Empiric Segmentation of High-risk Patients: A Structured Literature ReviewData-driven segmentation of high-risk patient populations may inform health system interventions, but results are dependent on the data sources and methods applied.
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Impact of Travel Distance on Quality Outcomes in Colorectal CancerThis study identified characteristics of patients with colorectal cancer who traveled farther for surgery and found that those who traveled tended to stay longer at the hospital.
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Contributor: Increasing Data Transparency in PharmacyPatients and prescribers should be able to see the total bottom-line cost of medications along with the clinical support for why they are using them.
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Integrating Third-Party Apps With Electronic Health Records to Support COVID-19 ResponseThis study observed a rapid increase in the integration of telehealth- and COVID-19–related apps with electronic health records during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Covishield India: Demystifying Myths Through an Early Multicenter Safety StudyThis was a multicenter study carried out in India to study the adverse and systemic effects of the indigenously developed Covishield vaccine.
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Medication Persistence and Its Impact on Type 2 DiabetesMost newly treated patients with type 2 diabetes exhibit suboptimal medication persistence, which is associated with higher risk of hospitalization and increased medical costs.
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A Kidney Diagnostic’s Impact on Physician Decision-making in Diabetic Kidney DiseaseThe KidneyIntelX test would affect primary care physician (PCP) decision-making, and PCPs would use the results of KidneyIntelX more than albuminuria and estimated glomerular filtration rate when making decisions about diabetic kidney disease management.
